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ICTN contract: Amaechi in trouble as Abuja Court orders contempt proceedings against him  

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has incurred the wrath of the law as a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered...

After a year-long trial, woman sentenced in Ogun for hiring thugs to beat son’s school principal, teacher

For her unruliness and causing a breach of peace at her son’s school, a parent has been convicted by a magistrates’ court in...

THE NAME NÍYÌ Adégbénró ALSO MEANS “OPEN SESAME”!

  By Adegboyega Adegbenro. What’s in a name? My brother Oláníyì Fàtáì Adégbénró is by no means a rich man in terms of...

CBN $200bn repatriation: Heritage Bank, LCFE explore opportunities in export revenue

As part of its support to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise $200 billion in foreign exchange repatriation from the non-oil...

For Doyin Okupe, “The Attack Lion” at 70

  by Reuben Abati Omoba Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe – the man popularly known at the “attack dog” of Nigerian politics, who eventually re-christened...

Ukraine-Russia war: 193 Nigerians of the 2,357 evacuees test positive for COVID-19 – SGF Mustapha

No fewer than 193 Nigerians out of the 2,357 evacuated from the war-torn Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC)...

NNPC frowns at Auditor General’s report of “missing” 22,929.84 litres of petrol, says lost to pipeline vandals

Following the queries by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghughu, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) had...

After four gruelling days in EFCC custody, fleeing ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano, gets reprieve

After cooling his heels in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for four days, the immediate past governor of...

No plan to increase ex-depot price of petrol, say FG, NNPC

In a bid to address the high prices of diesel in the country and transportation challenges in distributing petroleum products, the Minister of...

N11trn electricity fund down the drain: SERAP urges probe by Buhari

With a staggering N11 trillion gone down the drain to provide electricity supply in the country since 1999 without an improvement, the Socio-Economic...

Closing, restricting civic space in Nigeria: Real threat to democracy, says Spaces for Change

The Executive Director, Spaces for Change (S4C), Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, has cautioned against closing and restricting the civic space in Nigeria, describing such a...

Fraudulent court injunction: Punish Ogunba (SAN), CSO tells Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Ogunba, is now under fire for allegedly deposing to false information in an affidavit for the...

Nigeria’s debt to hit all-time high N45trn in 2022 as FG borrows additional N6.39trn — DMO

With an additional borrowing of N6.39 trillion by the Buhari administration to finance the 2022 budget deficit, the total debt stock of Nigeria...

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London after about 13-day routine medical check-up.

The president had earlier wanted to embark on the medical trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at...

Nigerian businessman abducted in South Africa, NUSA sends S.O.S. to Police

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Alaba Jolayemi,  a.k.a “The Don’’, has been kidnapped in the country. Jolayemi reportedly went missing...

UBA, Cellulant partner to expand reach to 19 markets across Africa

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and a leading Pan-African Payments company, Cellulant, have announced a partnership to extend payment...